their different focuses, all three books agree that tourism development has its benefits and costs and that changes tothe destination areas are inevitable .Careful planning and marketing can lessen the harmful effects oftourism development. Tourism isanincreasingly popular elixir toeconomic rural and urban underdevelopment. Its current prominence inthe array oflocal economic development strategies can betraced toseveral features ofthe tourism industry. Tourism jobs are mostly low-skill jobs, which are agood fit with the job skills ofmany rural residents. Also, tourism has apotential for creating anexport base that builds onfavorable local advantages such asapleasant climate orsites ofhistoric ornatural interest. More important, tourism strategies mesh with the current political philosophy
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